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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 20 →

Receipts

2,371 head

▼ 1,396 vs last sale 3,767▼ 2,100 vs year ago 4,471 · −47.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light steers had a undertone of unevenly steady. Steers 750-1050 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 higher. Heifers undertone for 500-800 lbs. was unevenly steady. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good. A few large load lots. Next week is M L M Hereford influenced special auction, there will many quality replacement heifers through out the auction. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 20th, expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.25/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −146.04 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$338.25

36 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.17

vs SD average

−0.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	338.25	1,930	36

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

338.25

—

SD average6 barns · 1,244 hd

360.41

−22.17

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−0.42

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−146.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $435.10, median $484.29 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,613	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,747	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	349.55/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,891	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	333.90/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,943	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	334.42/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,027	107
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	307.11/cwt	306.50–312.00	2,094	140
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	290.72/cwt	281.00–298.00	2,096	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,045	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	288.35/cwt	277.00–298.00	2,220	225
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	277.79/cwt	264.00–283.50	2,281	172
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	272.45/cwt	266.50–277.00	2,378	219
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	259.30/cwt	255.00–263.00	2,349	28
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	260.37/cwt	253.00–269.50	2,554	207
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	257.52/cwt	257.00–258.00	2,673	110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	394.23/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,467	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	306.98/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,612	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	287.54/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,653	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,781	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	295.76/cwt	282.00–317.00	1,890	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	275.34/cwt	273.00–276.00	1,867	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	272.98/cwt	267.00–274.85	1,946	154
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	258.16/cwt	256.00–265.00	2,019	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,195	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,045	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	259.47/cwt	259.25–260.00	2,156	217
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	253.22/cwt	253.00–253.50	2,198	60
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	2,334	79
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	943	232.66/cwt	223.00–233.75	2,194	89
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	230.49/cwt	225.75–237.00	2,233	99

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Feb 13, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,371Last week 3,767Year ago 4,471

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	1000–1050	1,038	257.00–258.00	257.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	482	362.50	362.50
10	500–550	541	340.00–356.00	349.55
26	550–600	582	332.00–345.00	333.90
107	600–650	606	320.00–337.00	334.42
140	650–700	682	306.50–312.00	307.11
51	700–750	721	281.00–298.00	290.72
225	750–800	770	277.00–298.00	288.35
172	800–850	821	264.00–283.50	277.79
219	850–900	873	266.50–277.00	272.45
28	900–950	906	255.00–263.00	259.30
207	950–1000	981	253.00–269.50	260.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	337.50	337.50
14	700–750	741	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	900–950	943	223.00–233.75	232.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
28	550–600	586	304.00	304.00
28	600–650	639	282.00–317.00	295.76
45	650–700	678	273.00–276.00	275.34
154	700–750	713	267.00–274.85	272.98
59	750–800	782	256.00–265.00	258.16
217	800–850	831	259.25–260.00	259.47
60	850–900	868	253.00–253.50	253.22
79	900–950	916	254.75	254.75
99	950–1000	969	225.75–237.00	230.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	372	390.00–400.00	394.23
4	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
21	500–550	525	301.00–312.00	306.98
21	550–600	575	283.00–291.00	287.54
4	800–850	828	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	750–800	784	280.00	280.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.